Fishplate with lugs



May 12, 1931. o. B. SHAHAN 1,805,421

FISHPLATE WITH LUGS med Nov. 11, 1929 Z'Jff i1 NVENTOR ATTORNEY and initial fish plates are shaped tol accom- 1 FISHPIQATE "Application mea Nmrember ngisge This inventionk relates to` certaink vnew and useful improvements in railroad tie and fish plate construction.k

An object `of the inventionl'contemplates the provision andarrangement of fish platesdisposed upon thefendsy ofthe tie. y

A furtherobject of the inventionembodies a couplingjplate forthe rail joint upon the tie. i

v More specifically stated the coupling plates modate wedge members therebetween to shift the assembled rail joint' toward thel swingably mounted fish plates to prevent turningf thereof and to alignthe ends of the meetingl falls.

With the above Figure l is a topplan viewtof'theinvenl.,

tion as applied and in use.

Figure 2 is a' horizontal sectional view/y swinging vI''p Y rplatesl 'whereby the latter may bealignedto taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1. '1

Figure 3 is a fragmentary long qitudihalseev tional view taken'throughone yof the ties,

' Figure 4 is a View similar to Figure 2'taplien?J from the oppositelsideofthe joint. V-

Figure 5 is a perspective vlewlfof the fish plate.`

platesof the configuration designated andas indicated atl in Figurefof the drawings;

are provided with .upstand'ingv Vportions, 314 engageable with the webs of rail members .and

f companion rail members. Y Flange portions 15 downwardly and obliquelydisposed from pere-engeren @u desee' *wehe/dedie and otherobjects in View?, the invention further consists of the follow'-V ing novel features and details of construction;v 1 to be hereinafter more-fully described, illusi rtially i' Referring to the drawings in detail where-y in like characters (jf-reference-denoteeorre-gy spondingparts, thereference ycharacter f indicatesl my especialformfof tie having dei pending side flanges 1I throughoutthe entire length thereof. The Vends ofthe tie are up 'f wardly and inwardlycurved'in'the manner shownin Figure 3 of the @drawing to provide semi-circular `cup-shaped members 12;"Fish` o.

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1 jloezif .oRvrLLE RsiIAHnN; or* TuimELToN dfnthe frail'feeti in the" manner'shown" in Fig? gconverging?atfspaced' intervals from the out'e edge andE adjacent ythefends of the flange 1.5;

tio acoinmoat th immediate are designed* e` Figur ill frishfpieies q Ofgii'miqn shown 'amt I om mp'fenufuisp'seuangelegten; positions uponthe upperTeure'4 Jeand?adj@cent1the mu tudsor rivet-members, suchA faeeif 'the sa jqintstheeon erge are* designed@ Iprovide iv'otKM mountings' for the# ijsh iite rounded sideS Y* nf: 1th thelinte'rior'sur.;

f thewedge members. are

fp/reisedlvth@essereeomelntne 10h# gitudinallyextending facets 23 designed rto 9 y upper'v and; outer surfaces ofthe engage ih t flang'ejmembers 145, the flanges lll and to' free reference firiumeraly 18 are of 9, extendedthrough ytlie iinfl Y Y ping `portions ofthe tie andy'l5 v rails 'asis'ubstan-V here mnbesiewheras thefeornerportions of the heads or balls of the l railsfwliereby the latter willbe free to flex an appreciable distancefwheny a train of cars"vk ine 2y y Y 1,805,421

passes thereover whereby the latter will'pursue a more nearly straight course.

In assembling a rail joint upon the present form of tie construction, the fish plates 18 are swung to occupy positions at rightangles to the tie proper. The abutting ends of rail k members are then laid upon theupper side of the tie proper and the vfish platesretracted to occupy positions in alignment with the tie to s ldispose the outermost upwardly and'obliquely disposed extremities: 2O thereof'. 'evenly facross the meeting ends of the rails. The fish plates 13 are'then assembled project'ingwthe' pins 17 thereof through the websof the rails 1 3 upon opposite sides ofthe joints; the ears 16' straddlin the intermediate portions. of theehannel-'saped members 12. The wedge membersA 21 are then driven home and the n rails-twill be forced inwardly and tightly 50 a ainst the adj acentextremities of the sh e prates18.; p Y

VThe ends ofthe pin meinbersl' fit snugly n in openings providedat the ends of the abutting rails and when the Wedge 21 is appliedit rkg kbears againstthe heads of the pinsy 17 and holdsthepartsfirmly in place.

Itisl believed .that inthe application of the present form of rail joint comprising the severaljparts alluded to' in the foregoing comi 3o prising afjoint4 of such character asmay be readily assembledfwith the use yof a4 sledgel hammer and then only inthe shifting ofthe fish lates 18 andthe; wedgefmembers 21, and

the )oint established across themeeting ends of adjacent vrail ymembers willbe securely heldI c againstdisplacement in bothdirections. f

i' The invention is. susceptible oi variouschanges invits form, proportionsr and minorv detailsjofconstruction, and the'rightis'herefy 40 in `reserved -to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of thezappended claim. Having described the invention, what isy claimed isfl f i f kAfish platestructure adapted to=` be ap-y fp1iedto the web portions ofI abutting rails,

n and a supporting tie, comprisinga platebody provided atits base flange with'spaced ears adapted to lie at the sides of thetie, saidv Y body( having a flange portion provided withk A l spaced openings adapted to reg1ster withlcor y responding openingsin the webportionsgofn thef'rails, pins passing throughwsaid openings `r and -fitting snugly therein and having heads lying atthe side of the web portionl'oik the r body, a Wedge adapted to bear Lagainst 'said'` pins and means kfor holding'thefwedge upon i y the web of the body and vpins; Y

i In testimonyV whereof Iaiiix my signature.'

y i y f oRvILLE-B: SHAHANI 

